Thanks again for all the support! It means a lot! Tessa armor is revealed in this and her new Tattoo. Now, I'm not the best artists, but if any of you are and have an account in Deviantart, then I don't mind if you make a picture of Tessa in armor. I might even use it as a cover photo for this story.
PurpleNightwing: Thanks, and you don't have to wait any longer :)
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One's Individuality
It had only been a couple of days, and Tessa was busy trying to come up with something for her armor. She, the rest of her squad and other clones had a spot in the hanger for them to paint their armor. She and everyone else were in their full body suit, and no seemed to mind with her being there.
So far, she, Echo, Fives, and Cutup had come up with one matching patch they would put on any part of their armor, she was planning on putting it on her shoulder. The picture itself was a black and white Domino with 6 dots, with writing underneath saying 'For Domino' in Aurebesh.
The rest of their armor was up for them to decide for their own.
So far, Tessa had already figured out what she would put on her left shoulder pad. A stylized crosshairs target with a DC-15A Rifle in the middle, with the words 'One Shot One Kill' in Aurebesh on the bottom. She also had a long stripe on her arms, some blue on her knee guards. She also had a small stripe on her chest that stopped at her midriff. On her calfs, she had a stripe that started from the top, to the bottom of blue with white lines going down.
She was pretty satisfied with her work, but for the life of her, she couldn't figure out what to do with her helmet. All she had done with it was to add some paint to the top of the fin on her helmet.
She decided to keep the rest of it blank, just in case she had an idea later.
"Huh, not bad." Cutup said, as he looked at hers.
"Thanks, brother. How are you doing?" She said as she looked.
On his helmet, he had the jag eyes on like Captain Rex. Which made sense, considering Cutup had told her that he admired him, and hoped to be like him. A blue line went on the back of it. He had the 'For Domino' patch on his front right calf. One thing that she found cool was that he had lines on his arms that looked like a snake, but it turned out it was supposed to look like the Rishi Eel that almost ate him.
At first when he told them that, they thought it sounded crazy, but Cutup explained that it was his way to face his fears, and fight them. And the eyes, were on the top part of his gloves, and he a tiny bit of red to make it look like it's eyes.
Tessa suggested getting a tattoo, but they all groaned, Tessa also slightly gagged when he made a joke by saying he didn't want to damage his beautiful face with the ink.
And finally there was an upside down triangle that went to where the armor stopped in the neck area, and stopped where the chest armor ended on the bottom.
"Well, I'm already done, just waiting for it to dry. How come you didn't paint your helmet?"
Tessa shrugged and said," I couldn't come up with an idea. I'll figure it out once inspiration hits me."
"Or maybe I can slap or hit you on the head, sister?" Cutup mischievously said.
Tessa looked at the paintbrush in her hand and said nonchalantly," Y'know, I can mess up your armor, right?"
Cutup didn't look scared, he merely smirked and ruffled her hair. Tessa gave him a mock glare, but she was failing with her small smile.
She looked at her armor again, and felt the side of her face.
"Do you of any flowers that would work for a tattoo?" She asked him.
Cutup shrugged and said," How would I know, I'm a soldier, not a… Echo, do you the name for someone who's works or into plants?"
"That would be a Botanist." He said.
Tessa smirked and said," Do you have a secret hobby you like brother?"
Fives and Cutup chuckled while Echo rolled his eyes and said," No, I'm just learning anything else besides being a soldier and war. And yes, looking up history and information is a hobby."
"So, what kind of flower do you suggest then?" Fives asked.
Echo thought about it for a moment and said," The only one I can think of is a Nova Lily. Unless you want something that could eat you."
"Just what kind of plants are able to eat people?" Cutup incredulously asked.
Echo shrugged and said," There's plenty, but I can't think of anything."
Tessa thought about for a moment, and the more she thought about, the more she liked it. She was a girl after all, and she needed to show her feminine side.
"I think that will work. Do you know anyone who's doing Tattoo's now?" Tessa asked, starting to get excited.
Fives spoke up and said, "I heard someone by the name of Rota, does them."
"How did he get that name?" Echo asked.
"I heard that he loves using the Z-6, and I think that would be him on the other side of the hanger bay." Fives said.
The other three looked to where he was pointing. Past the other clones painting their armor was someone who had makeshift tattoo station, and was busy with someone. He had a small Mohawk and the side of his head he had a tattoo that said 'I Eat Droids For Breakfast' in Aurebesh. He also seemed to be a little bigger than everyone else, which showed he probably exercised and worked out a lot.
"Can you guys watch my armor while I go talk to him?" Tessa asked.
"Sure sister, and don't worry, we'll take good care of your armor." Fives said with a tone Tessa found suspicious, and a little worried.
"Mess up my work and your all dead." She said and walked off.
As she walked, she felt odd walking around without her armor on, she didn't feel odd with her being around her brothers. They didn't care back on Kamino, and they didn't care then. The only times they looked at her was when new clones or clones who haven't seen her, meet her for the first time.
Rota was busy with inking the back of someone's head when Tessa stood behind him. She cleared her throat, to get his attention.
"Hang on a second brother; I'll be right with you." He absentmindedly said.
Tessa smirked and said," You don't have time for a sister?"
Rota and the clone he was working on stopped and turned around. They both blinked, and Tessa rolled their eyes at them.
Rota then put his needle to the side and said," Sorry… uh, what I can help you with?"
"I see that your busy, I can wait."
The clone who was getting the tattoo said," No it's fine, he told me he was just adding some color to it. My name is Flash by the way."
"Why Flash?"
Flash smirked and said," I was the fastest runner back on Kamino. I could run laps around my batchmates. How did you get your name?"
"Best and still am the best shot in my squad. I can hit anything, moving targets though, still having trouble. They gave me the name Huntress, after the high scores I got in the Shooting Range. My squadmates then shortened it to Tessa, but they still call me Huntress."
Rota nodded and said," Well, it'll only take one more minute, then I'll help you, sister."
Tessa still felt giddiness when her brothers who weren't her squadmates calling her that.
By the time the Needle started moving, Echo, Fives, Cutup in their newly painted armor, along with Flash, watched as their sister got marked. They had her armor next to her, once she was done and she could put it on.
"It's looking good, Tess." Echo praised.
"It's looking good, Tess." Cutup mimicked.
The others laughed, and Tessa had to hold in a giggle, or else Rota would mess up. Echo glared at his brother, and rolled his eyes.
Tessa hissed a little at the slight pain, but she powered through it. After a couple of more minutes, Rota finished, he got a mirror and showed her his work.
"So, what do you think?"
Dark green vines traveled from her neck, to the side of her skull where she had shaved it off. Two leaves were on each side, and the blossomed Nova Lily was at the end with the colors, purple, blue and dark red.
Tessa let out a squeal and hugged him.
"I love it, thank you!" She praised.
Rota chuckled at her giddiness and said," Thanks, maybe after the war I should open a Tattoo Shop."
Fives chuckled and said," I can see that. C'mon Tess, we got a shift soon. And we don't want to be late.
Tessa nodded and strapped on her armor. She felt a swell of happiness of the designs she had done for her armor and tattoo, and she felt complete.
She felt she was ready to fight this war, alongside her brothers.
The Tattoo idea came from Lucky to be Alive, so the credit goes to Vagabond-Minded.
Till next time.
